PTA NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

PTA Executive Board

THANK YOU! For joining and supporting the PTA!

Krystal Affleck, Sara Graham and their committee for Parent

Teacher dinners!

If you would like a membership card, stop by the office or contact Heidi Corey heidikcorey@yahoo.com

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

PTA Meeting Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 10:00 am Room 315. Please feel free to join us and get involved!

To donate or volunteer - http://schools.graniteschools.org/olympusjr/ptsa/

REFLECTIONS

2014-2015 Theme:

“The World Would Be A Better

Place If....”

Students may submit up to one entry per category

3-D Art

Visual Arts

Literature

Dance Choreography

Film Production

Music Composition

Photography

ENTRIES ARE DUE

Tuesday, November 4, 2013 – Before school only – 7:00-7:45 am

BE SURE TO FILL OUT & SIGN ALL PARTS OF THE

ENTRY FORM & READ ALL RULES SO YOUR CHILD

WILL NOT BE DISQUALIFIED.

You may print entry forms at:

http://www.utahpta.org/reflections

FROM the Principal:

Welcome back to the 2014-2015 school year!

Granite School District is hosting parent seminars on youth protection. Seminars will address the topics of mental health, substance abuse,

bullying & internet safety. Please attend on the date or at the location that is most convenient for your family. They begin at 6:30 PM and will

be an hour long. Following a group presentation, local agencies will have additional information for parents on youth protection topics.

Wednesday, Oct. 8 – Granite Education Center(2500 South State)

Thursday, Oct. 9 – Hunter High

Tuesday, Oct. 28 – Taylorsville

Wednesday, Oct. 29 – Cottonwood High

Veteran’s Essay Contest for Military Families The theme for the essay contest is “Why I am proud of my Veteran!” The essay must be no more than 500 words. Winners will be honored at the Veteran’s Day concert on 11/11 and receive a cash prize.

Due Date: Fri., 10/17

You can email or send your essays to: kathy@utahpta.org Kathy Allred, Utah PTA Military Families C/O Utah PTA 5192 South Greenpine Drive Murray, UT. 84123, 801-261-3100, 801-261-3110 (Fax)

A Military Family is one that has an immediate family member presently serving or who has served in the Active, Reserve or National Guard (Army, Navy, Air

Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard)

We would like to thank the following businesses for supporting our banner fundraiser:

Wasatch Oral Surgery The Store Certa Pro Painters Goldberg Orthodontics Del Sol Graff Automotive Discount Auto Brokers Moto Station Alta Capital Management Jackson Orthodontics Apollo Burger Highland Chiropractic EcoWood Pest Control Cavalier Plumbing Parker Orthodontics Flores-Sahagun Design Utah Orthodontics Innovation Property Group Fort Union Family Dental Smile Ranch Brad Reynolds Construction Village Dental RMT Equipment S&S Roofing Hoj Equipment Asian Star

If you are interested in purchasing a banner, contact Shannon Randle at Shannonrandle@hotmail.com

OJH Bulldog Banner Business Partner

Bulldogs

October Calendar October 2014

Newsletter #3

A newsletter from your counselors

October Math Challenge

1st 3 kids to give the correct answer to Mrs. Anderson or Mrs. Vatussenbroek

in the counseling office get candy!

“Follow the path that will lead you to being a better person, one for whom you will have respect

and one with whom you will be satisfied to live your whole life long.” Mae Carden

Wednesday, Oct. 1 RDT Field trip for dance classes 9:40-12:00

Girls Soccer vs. Bonneville at OJH

Boys Volleyball at Bonneville

Monday, Oct. 6 Explore Test for all 8th grade in US History classes—given by Counselors

Boys Volleyball vs. Churchill at OJH

Girls Soccer at Churchill

Tuesday, Oct. 7 Cross Country Division 1 Championships @ Cottonwood Complex 3-4 pm 4400 S. 1300 E.

Monday, Oct. 13 Explore Tests in 8th history Steinway Piano auditions 3:00 auditorium

Tuesday, Oct. 14 Cross Country Championships @ Valley Complex 2700 W. Taylorsville

Thursday & Friday, Oct. 16-17 Fall Recess

No School– Have fun and be safe!

Monday, Oct. 20 8th Grade Explore Testing

Tuesday, Oct. 21 RDT Field Trip for dance classes

Dress Rehearsal for Fall Dance and Choir Concert 6:15-7:30 AM

Wednesday, Oct. 22 Fall Dance/Choir Concert

7:00 PM in OJH Auditorium

Monday, Oct. 27 8th Grade Explore Testing

Tuesday, Oct. 28 CTE Live Well Assembly

Wednesday, Oct. 29 Band/Orchestra Concert 7:00 PM OJH Auditorium

MESA Egg Drop 3:00 PM

Thursday, Oct. 30 End of 1st term

Friday, Oct. 31 No School for kids

Happy Halloween

Bulldog Hotline

801-462-5162 If someone does something nice for you or someone else

please text in and let us know. We want to acknowledge the good things that happen every day here at OJH.

We also want to invite those kids who know how to treat others well to be part of our Bulldog Ambassadors Group. This group will be working with the counselors to go to elementary schools and work with our next years crop of sevies! We will also do some great things here at OJH. Details coming soon!

Take a Stand, Lend a Hand

MESA parents are invited to the Egg

Drop on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 3:00

Olympus Junior High

Student Recommended Books to read If you are looking for a good book to read here are some recommendations:

Mr. Harper’s 1st period 9th grade class

Maze Runner by James Dashner Split Second by David Baldacci Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz If I Stay by Gail Forman Outsiders by S. E. Hinton Michael Vey by Richard Paul Evans Maximum Ride by James Patterson Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff Mr. Skinner’s 6th period 8th grade class

Warrior Series Into the Wild by Erin Hunter The Rule of ThrE3 by Eric Walters The Diary of a Wimpy Kid byJeff Kinney City of Bones by Cassandra Clare Infinity Ring series A Mutiny in Time by James Dasher

Mr. Totland’s 6th period 7th grade class

Zach’s Lie by Roland Smith Schooled by Gordon Korman

Reflections 2014-15 Theme: “The World Would Be a

Better Place If…”

Students may submit one entry per category

3-D Art Dance Choreography

Visual Arts Film Production

Literature Music Composition

Photography

Entries are Due: Tuesday, November 4th 7:00-7:45 AM in Main Office

Be sure to fill out and sign all parts of the en-try form and read all rules so you will not be

disqualified

You may print entry forms and find rules at:

http://www.utahpta.org/reflections

Calling all Piano players!!! We have a beautiful Steinway Piano and each year we

have a piano concert. If you are interested in performing in this concert the auditions are

Monday, October 13th at 3:00 pm

Check your calendar because the concert is on

November 12. Before you audition make sure you can be at

the concert . Come to the audition prepared to play the piece you want to perform.

You are DEFINITELY college material!

Some of you may have already decided where you want to go to college...some of you are going to go where your mom or dad went to college...and some of you are just starting to think about it. It is not too early to start thinking about college… in fact it is a great time. There are many websites that can help you start to plan.

Sometimes it helps to know someone who went to the college you are interested in. We have invited representatives from several Utah colleges and universities to come visit us during our lunches. You can ask them questions about their school. You might want to find out how much tuition is or what kind of programs or scholarships they offer.

We are also going to spotlight different websites you might find helpful. You can take interest inventories, plan yourself a budget so you know how much money you’d need to earn to live the kind of life-style you want, or get college information. It is exciting to start planning and looking forward to your great future!

This months website is Utahfutures.org. Go to the assessments and do the career clusters and reality check! There is SO much infor-mation in this site. You can compare colleges and check out the hottest careers.

Talk to your parents, aunts, uncles and teachers about where they went to college. Ask them why they chose that school and what they liked about it.

This will get you started. We asked the teachers for you! We will be including more teachers next month so stay tuned!

Mrs. Henderson: went to Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona (hippie version of Park City!). Amazing 5 years leaving Utah to experience culture and new peo-ple outside of Utah. Also studied abroad at the University of Ghana. I went on scholar-ship and paid in-state tuition on the Western Undergraduate Exchange. PS changed my major three times! Wish I hadn’t felt forced to choose so early.

Graduate degree at Oregon State University. Amazing vet program, microbiolo-gy department, athletics. Also participates in the WUE program!

Mrs. Johnson: went to Colorado Mesa University (2 years), the University of Utah (5 years), and University of Phoenix (2 years). I also got my ESL endorsement through Weber State (1 year). Ten years! That’s not counting all the other classes I took to get my lane changes. I should have gone to med school!!

Mrs. Wilkinson: attended Utah State University and the University of Utah. I liked the smaller class sizes at USU and I liked the strong school spirit at the U.

Mr. Killion: BS- Golden Gate University(Business)

BA- Georgia State University(Secondary Ed)

MBA- Troy State University.

Approachable staff and flexible scheduling were awesome!

Mrs. Kearl: received degrees from BYU and Utah Valley University (UVU)

Mrs. Nate: Undergrad and Masters at Utah State University. It is a beautiful campus with great professors

Mr. Brough: University of Utah, BA

Christian-Albrechts Universitat, Kiel, Germany, Minor in German Lanuguage and Literature

Western Governor’s University, MS

Christian-Albrechts was a great experience to live in Germany and be in school with Poles, Czechs, Koreans, Egyptians, Iranians, Brits, even a Turk. The only way we could communicate with each other was through our shared second language, German

Mrs. Shaffer: Utah State University...hey Aggies all the way! Go Aggies, Go Aggies, Hey Hey Hey! It is totally awesome school with a great education program.

Grand Canyon University (Masters) Private Christian College...did it on line...not much to say about it.

Please plan to attend the following fall concerts. You can enjoy fine dancing, singing and instrumental music + you can support your

performing friends!

Dance and Choir Fall Concert

Wednesday, Oct. 22 7:00 PM in OJH auditorium $2 entrance fee

Instrumental “Valentines in October” concert

Concert Band, Orchestra and Guitar students

Wednesday, Oct. 29 7:00 PM

In OJH auditorium $2 entrance fee

Planning for your Future If you think...

I’m TOO young to be getting scholarships for college...

NOT TRUE

Mrs. Moody just posted on the OJH website 5 and a half pages worth of scholarships that you can earn as young as 13 years old. There are other scholarships to be found at FastWeb scholarship database.

Here is one more scholarship:

Turn Dreams into Reality @ your library where your 6 word memoir could earn you a $2.500 college scholarship. The contest starts Oct. 1. For details go to www.slcolibrary.org/teen/teentrm/

Noche Familiar

Jueves 2 de Octubre de 2014

Auditorio de la Escuela Kearns High

(5525 S. Cougar Lane (4800 West))

7 p.m. (Se servirá refrigerio)

El evento contara con la presentación

de diversos líderes de la comunidad y

directivos del Distrito Escolar de Granite.

La entrada es gratuita y para toda

la familia.

Visite las Mesas de Información sobre Recursos en el Distrito Escolar de Granite:

Instrucción e Historial

Prevención y Acomodación Estudiantil

Preparación para el Colegio Universitario y Carrera

Educación para Adultos y Comunidad

Educación de Carrera y Tecnológica

Educación Especial

Igualdad de la Educación

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